5 posts tagged “scrapbooking”
Sorry 'bout that! It's been a month and I have to admit, it's been a great month! What's Scrappening had a GREAT National Scrapbook Day crop. We hosted one in person and one online. Bunches of fun was had by all. We're also gearing up for CHA in July. It'll be our first time to CHA and our first time to Chicago, I know I'm looking forward to it.
My best friend from 7th grade (yeah, we've been friends for more than half our lives now!) graduated from college while I was up in Tulsa too. I am so proud of her, I mean she's got two kids, husband, house and was working on her own business too while wrapping up college. It takes a strong person to do that and she's my inspiration and what I look to when I'm in school. Not only is she a wonderful friend, whom I can call and BS or cry to, but she's damn smart and has a wonderful head on her shoulders too. Seeing her walk across that stage when they called her name got me. I got teary-eyed. Surprisingly I didn't cry, but the sting of tears was present. I kept telling her that I was jealous of her and making jokes about me taking forever in school, but that's not all I was feeling. I was feeling pride, respect, happiness and even relief. Pride: she's my friend, she's Fritter and will always be Fritter. Respect: that she did it and she did it well! Happiness: reaching that milestone and seeing her smile on that stage even from where we were. Relief: she did it and I know I can too. I just have so many words and feelings about that day and I say them all with a smile on my face, a tear in my eye and a giggle in my voice because she did it and I'm honored to call her my best friend.
Before that Tulsa trip I had finally come to the conculsion that I needed mental help. Yeah yeah, insert joke here! But I really honestly did need help and Sean helped me see that. Every year we've been married we've had something go terribly wrong or change drastically and the last blow was in October when my fertility was ripped from me as I sat in that doctors office. I didn't realize how much that all had piled on me or hurt me, I kept it deep down and rarely realeased it. It came to a head and I had to do something before losing my family; child and husband. I made an appointment with my family practioner and told him everything I was feeling from the depression, the tiredness, the horrible headaches and aches and pain to the not wanting to leave the house for fear something would happen to Kenna or me. It was one of the hardest things to tell someone, to let them know what's deep in your head and heart and know that those feelings are not "right" but knowing someone needed to know or else you'd explode. I tell you all here because I think mental health issues need to be out in the open, there's such a taboo around them that it's unfair to those suffering because it just adds to the pain. My doctor was/is wonderful. He listened attentively, asked questions about how long I've been feeling like this, what I've been through and what I want to do to help myself. He finally dignosed me with Depression and Generalized Anxiety Disorder and put me on meds. I won't go into which one but if you're feeling the way I was and want to know what is working for me, please PM me and I'd be happy to tell you which. He gave me a month of samples of my happy drug and told me to find a councelor. I also explained that I don't want to be on my happy drugs for forever, we agreed that 6-8 months of the happy drug therapy would be just fine, but we'd discuss that at 6 months.
I've been on the drugs for almost one month now and I'm finally myself again. I'm happy, I go places with Kenna, I'm enjoying my daughter and she's enjoying her new (old) momma. This is the best thing I've done in a long time and I'm ready to take the world head on. I'm ready to be a good wife and mom again, I'm ready to graduate, I'm ready to kick ass at the business and I'm ready to be ME! I've been through a hell of a lot, too much for any person if you ask me and it's ok to get help. So, please know that any type of mental health issue is NOT an issue! Talk to someone you trust and get the help you need, you'll be surprised how wonderful you feel.
I've cried while typing this because it is still hard to talk about these things. I still feel, but I'm coping much better than I ever was. The drugs have some not so fun side-effects. Profuse sweating (and in South Texas in the summer that's so not what a woman needs!), lack of sex-drive, difficulty in reaching orgasm, dry mouth, etc...but I've decided that sweaty sex that lasts longer 'cause I can't climax easily isn't such a bad thing! LMAO!
Alright all you scrapbook fanatics out there. What's Scrappening is having an online crop March 31 - April 1 from 9am-9pm both days! We have freebies, chatting, contests and games! You DON'T want to miss it! So, sign up at our message board and let's have FUN!
Well, two finals are done, one more to go, and it's the one I dread the most! Microeconomics has never been a strong subject, hell I HATED it's predecessor Macroecon just as bad. It's an on-line class and maybe I shouldn't have taken it that way, but oh well...semester is done, almost!
I've registered for next semester. I'm stupid...I really must be! Either that or I'm on crack, and I'm too fat to be on crack, so must be stupid! 18 hours...18 crazy, long-ass, extremely hard hours! Here's the plan...ready for it:
Business Finance
Principles of Operations and Production Management
Organizational Theory and Human Behavior
Intermediate Accounting I
Cost Managerial Accounting
Business Law for Accountants
Yeah, can you tell I'm an Accounting major?!
On the "business" side of things, thanks to my loyal Vox readers, our store www.WhatsScrappening.com has had plenty of hits...well, not plenty, but a good amount...now we just need you people to buy stuff! I mean, it is a business. So, to help you decide to buy stuff, use this code, which is DyNoMite; you'll get 18% off that way. Why 18%...why not!? We're not your typical store! We also have some really pretty Gift Certificates that you can order, we can send those via email or snail mail in time for Christmas! Sorry but discount codes don't work for gift certs! Or we have wish lists that YOU can fill out and give to your gifter so they know exactly what you want...cool huh?! So, please, run on over to www.WhatsScrappening.com and see what we have for you! :)
On another note...my friend here had her baby! :) I think, if I remember right (I've had finals people!) she had her little girl on Monday. I don't know too many specifics other than mommy and baby are doing WONDERFUL...even after 36-ish hours of labor and no epidural! That poor woman! And my other friend here doesn't have a net connection yet...her modem got fried last month and hasn't gotten it fixed yet...she's been busy THAT poor woman had 2 of her 3 kids' tonsils out! THE SAME DAY! (I call her stupid!...ok I don't, but boy I thought it...) So, that's about it!
P.S...buy stuff at the store already! LOL
You know, I'm normally not the nervous type. I get antsy, a little on edge, but not really nervous, until now. Our store (What's Scrappening!) is going live sometime tomorrow. My sister has put a lot of money into this and I have put some (not nearly what she has, but enough I think) and what if it doesn't work? We've always wanted to start a scrapbook store together, but the geography of it just doesn't work. So, we decided to do an online store. You hear of so much failure of the dot coms and the huge dot com bust wasn't that long ago, so why will we be different?
I think we'll be different because we love it. We're scrapbookers first and foremost, before business women and entrepreneurs, we were scrapbookers. There are days I love my cropping supplies more than my husband (oh now we all have those days right?!). I worked in customer service for years and technically that's 75% of my job with the store. I think our customer service ways will knock our customers' socks off. But is it enough? We're not looking to make a million dollars, although that would kick ass! We're looking to have fun and maybe other scrapbookers will have fun too.
So, my plea to all of you out in cyberspace; if you are a scrapbooker, know of a scrapbooker or want to start scrapbooking, please visit us at What's Scrappening!! It's your fun and funky online scrapbook store! Ooooh and guess what, since you read it here, you can always use the code "Vox" and get 10% off your order...all the time!
P.S. Not 2 hours after I typed this, we're live!
Ok, so we're in Vegas (for the Memory Trends Expo for scrapbooking and my husbands birthday!) and won't be back until Sunday...then I have my next MFM appt on Monday, so I will update soon...I promise I'm not just ignoring my friends...I'll be back in a few days! :)
